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18th meridian west

Line of longitude

Line of longitude

The meridian 18° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 18th meridian west forms a great circle with the 162nd meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 18th meridian west passes through:

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Prinsesse Margrethe Island, Prinsesse Dagmar Island, and mainland
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Bourbon Island
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Ile de France
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Shannon Island
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Island of Grímsey
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| ! scope="row" | | |- ! scope="row" style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Atlantic Ocean |- | ! scope="row" |

Island of La Palma
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Island of El Hierro
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| ! scope="row" | Antarctica

Queen Maud Land, claimed by
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References

References

  1. "What is longitude?".
  2. T. Vincenty. (April 1975). "Direct and Inverse Solutions of Geodesics on the Ellipsoid with application of nested equation".
  3. "Vincenty formula for distance between two Latitude/Longitude points".
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